The decision comes after the state Supreme Court ruled that a medical marijuana initiative passed by voters this fall is void because Mississippi's initiative process is outdated. That effectively killed other initiatives for which people are already petitioning.
Once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, the idea that the COVID virus escaped from a Chinese lab is gaining high-profile attention. As it does, reputations of renowned scientists are at risk—and so is their personal safety.
Many older adults with low to modest incomes can already find cheaper premiums in Obamacare's markets, while those in the solid middle class would be more likely to benefit if they could get into Medicare.
Michigan's removal of prior authorization last month for Medicaid patients to receive expensive but effective hepatitis C medications could begin to expand access to the cure for up to 200,000 people in the state living with the virus.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has lowered the recommended age to start screening for colon and rectal cancers to 45, which should expand access to millions of adults.
